{"id":13200,"date":"2017-07-02T05:21:50","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T05:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=13200"},"modified":"2017-07-02T05:21:50","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T05:21:50","slug":"fennel-grilled-tuna-micro-fennel-rainbow-chard-with-garlic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=13200","title":{"rendered":"fennel-grilled tuna, micro fennel; rainbow chard with garlic"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Because I was dealing with a mild fever yesterday I had\u00a0stayed\u00a0out of the kitchen that night (we ordered in from the Flatiron Tacombi<\/a>), when the fever subsided today I was anxious to jump back into my work station, although\u00a0I also thought I should still take it\u00a0pretty easy.<\/p>\n

During the afternoon I didn’t feel up to the longer run to the greenmarket in Union Square, and I knew I didn’t really need much in the way of supplies, so I decided to visit the small sidewalk market which is set up each Saturday, except in the winter months, just one block west from our door<\/p>\n

I was able to get everything I needed for\u00a0for an excellent meal, plus everything I didn’t yet have\u00a0for a serious Sunday breakfast the following morning.<\/p>\n

For Saturday’s dinner I\u00a0opted for a couple of tuna steaks and a single side vegetable, knowing\u00a0that such a meal could be put onto the table in about\u00a015 minutes.<\/p>\n

Moreover, no carving or boning would be necessary at any stage, from counter to table.<\/p>\n

But this meal has virtue independent of all considerations of time, effort, shopping distance – or cost: It’s delicious. It’s also pretty inexpensive: Aside from the strands of a micro green, and the few staples involved, the total cost was under $20 for 2 people (it would have been under $10 had I used a less precious fish, say an equally-delicious 12 ounces of squid).<\/p>\n

Incidentally, the vegetable was a gorgeous rainbow chard from Echo Creek Farm<\/a>, and\u00a0it may have been\u00a0the best beta vulgaris<\/em>, subspecies cicla<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0I have ever\u00a0tasted, and I’ve enjoyed a lot of that vegetable<\/a>, both rainbow\u00a0and not.<\/p>\n

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